Surprise Melody Flintkote. Part Two
Copyright© 2019 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 44
Jim said, “Hold on ... let me check.”
There was a commotion. Chairs sliding, feet hitting the floor, a little argument about the phone ... soon settled, doors opening and a shouted, “Frank. I’ll be right back. Come on, David. It’s your deal.”
Door slam, footsteps ... not far ... door opening ... closing ... scuffling feet.
“Still there?”
“Yes ... what’s going on?” I said.
“Lunch ... my office is right next door. These Wendy Burgers are so good David brought his with. Here ... talk to him while I make a deal with the owner.”
David again, “The weather is 87 ... sunny ... water temp in the big lake? 73 for the first two feet... 65 for the next three and 55 to the bottom. You know the house is haunted ... if you believe in that rot.”
“Ooo ... now I’m fascinated ... tell me more.”
A long convoluted and contradictory ‘Local’ story about young girls and drownings and lights and ghosts ... people AND boats. Disappearing bridges, Greeks and their wives ... and the Antler and Wendy ... Wendy ... Wendy.
“Wait ... how many Wendy’s are there?”
“Besides the one that’s going to pick you up at Rockcliffe airport? Maybe an even dozen.”
“Wait? Pick me up?”
“Yes ... prepare to be thrilled. You’re special.”
“Special?”
“Yup ... just got a nod from Jim ... you own the old Austin lake front property.”
“I bought your house?”
“Nope ... different branch of the tree. The Royal Branch.”
“Royal? What’s that mean?”
“That nearly extinct branch used live on an island declared to be an independent country by the United Nations. The island used to be between Burnt, Maple and Bacon Island ... about 2 square miles ... the Princessapality ... When Wendy Austin was on Letterman and joked that Monaco was a Principality because they had a Prince and all her little island had was her ... so she must be a Princess ... since she lived there it must be a Princessapality. It stuck.”
“You said ‘Used to be.’ Isn’t now? What happened?”
“A former President of the United States nuked it.”
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